{"id":8511,"date":"2020-04-06T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dobsonhealthcare.com\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:27:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:27:47","slug":"understanding-parkinsons-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dobsonhealthcare.com\/dobson-happenings\/understanding-parkinsons-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Parkinson&#8217;s &#8211; Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who Has Parkinson&#8217;s?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly\u00a0one million will be living with Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD) in the U.S. by 2020, which is more than the combined number of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease (or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with PD each year.<\/li>\n<li>More than 10 million people worldwide are living with PD.<\/li>\n<li>Incidence of Parkinson\u2019s disease increases with age, but an estimated four percent of people with PD are diagnosed before age 50.<\/li>\n<li>Men are 1.5 times more likely to have Parkinson&#8217;s disease than women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Estimated Healthcare Costs Related to PD in the U.S.<\/h2>\n<p>The combined direct and indirect cost of Parkinson\u2019s, including treatment, social security payments and lost income, is estimated to be nearly $52\u00a0billion per year in the United States alone.<\/p>\n<p>Medications alone cost an average of $2,500 a year and therapeutic surgery can cost up to $100,000 per person.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Parkinsons.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Has Parkinson&#8217;s? 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